Customs Intermediaries: Recruitment

(asked on 8th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government financial support to recruit new customs agents (a) nationally and (b) at the Portsmouth International Port for after the end of the transition period.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 16th December 2020

The Government is supporting the intermediary sector to expand to meet predicted demand at the end of the transition period making available over £80 million of support for IT, training and recruitment, through the Customs Grant Scheme. This supports businesses established anywhere in the UK, including those that serve Portsmouth International Port.

The sector is scaling up and recently commissioned Ipsos MORI research shows that the sector expects to be able to complete 76-119 million additional declarations by the end of the transition period.

The Government continues to monitor progress carefully, keeping all support mechanisms under review.

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